ABSTRACT Kazakhstan has emerged as a non‐traditional destination for international students through the expansion of English‐medium instruction and government‐funded scholarship schemes. This convergent mixed‐methods study examines how degree‐seeking international students from non‐Commonwealth of Independent States countries adapt to academic ...
Kymbat Yessenbekova, Anas Hajar
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Hegemony to humanity: reimagining masculinity through Sam Miller's adaptation of <i>A Gentleman in Moscow</i>. [PDF]
Steve AJ, Preetha R.
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Unseen Voices: Exam‐Oriented Art Education in China and Its Impact on Artistic Subjectivity
Abstract This study examines an exam‐oriented art education in China, highlighting how art‐training centres enforce standardised evaluation criteria and prioritise technical mastery over creative freedom. I draw from personal experience to analyse how such systems shape art examinees' artistic development and marginalise their voices, providing a ...
Jiayi Guo
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Traditional Islam in Kazakhstan: historical formation, state discourse, and contemporary challenges. [PDF]
Kerim S, Kurmanaliyev M.
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The ‘Geopolitical Commission’: 40 Years in the Making?
Abstract In 2019, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen promised MEPs she would deliver a ‘Geopolitical Commission’ during the five years of her term in office, unbeknown that the COVID‐19 pandemic and the Russian invasion of Ukraine were around the corner.
Robert Kissack
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Color Trails Test: regression-based norms for Russian-speakers. [PDF]
Melikyan ZA, Bock JR, Agranovich AV.
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‘This Is Not Europe’: Investigating the Commission's Anti‐Populist Articulation of ‘European Values’
Abstract Whilst ‘populism’ is often considered antithetical to ‘European values’, how this contrast shapes the very meaning of such ‘values’ remains underexplored. This article investigates the European Commission's anti‐populist articulation of ‘European values’, which constructs ‘populism’ as their constitutive outside.
Alex Yates
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Human Evolution in Backwaters, Satellites, and Republics: How Political Change Impacts Paleoanthropology in a Shifting Landscape of Winners and Losers. [PDF]
Glantz M, Radovčić D.
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Vernacularizing the Best Interests of the Child: Comparative Insights From Three Legal Systems
ABSTRACT The study investigates how the Best Interests of the Child principle in the UN Children's Rights Convention (Article 3) has been adapted in custody disputes in Egypt, Sweden, and Uzbekistan. Although the Convention on the Rights of the Child offers a common normative benchmark, divergent legal cultures shape its domestic meaning: Egypt is ...
Anna Lundberg +3 more
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Sovietization of sports in Czechoslovakia and the establishment of the institute of physical education and sport (1948-1953). [PDF]
Waic M, Pechman V.
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